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Supplementing Hearing Aids With Computerized Auditory Training

NCT00727337 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 279

Last updated 2018-07-18

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Summary

The study is designed to examine the effectiveness of a computer-based auditory training program to improve the benefits received by individuals who wear hearing aids. The study will involve 3 groups - a computer-based training group, an active listening group which will involve listening to books on CD, and a placebo group that receives no additional treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LACE-computer

Computerized Auditory Training

BEHAVIORAL

PLACEBO-Directed listening

Subjects will be asked to listen to books on tape for 20 minutes a day and answer questions as they go along

BEHAVIORAL

CONTROL

No specialized treatment will be provided in addition to standard of care audiology treatment provided with the provision of hearing aids

BEHAVIORAL

Lace-DVD

DVD based Auditory Training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Theresa Chisolm, PhD · University of South Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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